The Yankees have been hit with an $18.9 million luxury tax by Major League Baseball, the 10th consecutive year they will pay a penalty for their spending.

The team finished with a $222.5 million payroll for purposes of the tax, according to figures sent to teams Thursday

Following its payroll-shedding trade with the Dodgers last summer, Boston finished just $47,177 under the $178 million threshold. The Angels wound up at $176.7 million and Philadelphia at $174.5 million.

Figures include average annual values of contracts for players on 40-man rosters, earned bonuses and escalators, adjustments for cash in trades and $10.8 million per team in benefits, making the totals different from those reported by other sources.

New York has run up a luxury tax bill of $224.2 million over the past decade, with the fee increasing from $13.9 million last year. The Yankees' tax rate rose from 40 percent to 42.5 percent this year and figures to climb to 50 percent next season. But they hope to get under the threshold in 2014, when it rises to $189 million. Dropping under the threshold would lower their potential luxury tax rate in 2015 to 17.5 percent.

For the regular payroll calculation - 2012 income plus prorated shares of signing bonuses - spending by the 30 big-league teams broke $3 billion for the first time at $3.15 billion.

The Yankees finished at a record $223.3 million, their 14th consecutive year as the biggest spender and topping their previous mark of $222.5 million in 2008.

Philadelphia was second at $169.7 million, followed by Boston ($168.6 million), the Angels ($160.1 million), Detroit ($140.7 million) and the World Series champion Giants ($138.1 million).

The A's won the AL West despite the lowest payroll in the major leagues at $59.5 million.

Tigers keep Sanchez: The Tigers and right-hander Anibal Sanchez agreed to an $80 million, five-year contract, a person familiar with the deal said. The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because the agreement isn't finalized, said Sanchez is scheduled for a physical Monday.

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